diff --git a/.idea/misc.xml b/.idea/misc.xml
index 4cc6529..931ca8c 100644
--- a/.idea/misc.xml
+++ b/.idea/misc.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <component name="FrameworkDetectionExcludesConfiguration">
     <file type="web" url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$" />
   </component>
-  <component name="ProjectRootManager" version="2" languageLevel="JDK_17" project-jdk-name="1.8" project-jdk-type="JavaSDK">
+  <component name="ProjectRootManager" version="2" languageLevel="JDK_15" default="true" project-jdk-name="11" project-jdk-type="JavaSDK">
     <output url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/out" />
   </component>
   <component name="accountSettings">
diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 31e69b1..696dbe6 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 plugins {
     kotlin("jvm") version "1.9.23"
+    id("maven-publish")
+    id("signing")
 }
 
 group = "nl.astraeus"
@@ -17,6 +19,102 @@ tasks.test {
     useJUnitPlatform()
 }
 
-kotlin {
-    jvmToolchain(17)
+extra["PUBLISH_GROUP_ID"] = group
+extra["PUBLISH_VERSION"] = version
+extra["PUBLISH_ARTIFACT_ID"] = name
+
+// Stub secrets to let the project sync and build without the publication values set up
+val signingKeyId: String? by project
+val signingPassword: String? by project
+val signingSecretKeyRingFile: String? by project
+val ossrhUsername: String? by project
+val ossrhPassword: String? by project
+
+extra["signing.keyId"] = signingKeyId
+extra["signing.password"] = signingPassword
+extra["signing.secretKeyRingFile"] = signingSecretKeyRingFile
+extra["ossrhUsername"] = ossrhUsername
+extra["ossrhPassword"] = ossrhPassword
+
+val javadocJar by tasks.registering(Jar::class) {
+    archiveClassifier.set("javadoc")
+}
+
+val sourcesJar by tasks.registering(Jar::class) {
+    archiveClassifier.set("sources")  // This sets the classifier to 'sources'
+    from(sourceSets.main.get().allSource)  // Assumes you are using the 'main' source set
+}
+
+publishing {
+    repositories {
+        mavenLocal()
+        maven {
+            name = "releases"
+            // change to point to your repo, e.g. http://my.org/repo
+            setUrl("https://reposilite.astraeus.nl/releases")
+            credentials {
+                val reposiliteUsername: String? by project
+                val reposilitePassword: String? by project
+
+                username = reposiliteUsername
+                password = reposilitePassword
+            }
+        }
+        maven {
+            name = "snapshots"
+            // change to point to your repo, e.g. http://my.org/repo
+            setUrl("https://reposilite.astraeus.nl/snapshots")
+            credentials {
+                val reposiliteUsername: String? by project
+                val reposilitePassword: String? by project
+
+                username = reposiliteUsername
+                password = reposilitePassword
+            }
+        }
+        maven {
+            name = "sonatype"
+            setUrl("https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2")
+            credentials {
+                username = ossrhUsername
+                password = ossrhPassword
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    publications {
+        create<MavenPublication>("mavenKotlin") {
+            artifact(javadocJar.get())
+            artifact(tasks.jar.get())
+            artifact(sourcesJar.get())
+        }
+    }
+    publications.withType<MavenPublication> {
+        // Provide artifacts information requited by Maven Central
+        pom {
+            name.set("simple-persistence-kotlin")
+            description.set("Simple persistence in Kotlin")
+            //url.set("https://github.com/rnentjes/komponent")
+
+            licenses {
+                license {
+                    name.set("MIT")
+                    url.set("https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT")
+                }
+            }
+            developers {
+                developer {
+                    id.set("rnentjes")
+                    name.set("Rien Nentjes")
+                    email.set("info@nentjes.com")
+                }
+            }
+            scm {
+                url.set("https://gitea.astraeus.nl/rnentjes/simple-persistence-kotlin")
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+signing {
+    sign(publishing.publications)
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/nl/astraeus/persistence/TestPersistenceJava.java b/src/test/java/nl/astraeus/persistence/TestPersistenceJava.java
index 533816f..c8eefc6 100644
--- a/src/test/java/nl/astraeus/persistence/TestPersistenceJava.java
+++ b/src/test/java/nl/astraeus/persistence/TestPersistenceJava.java
@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@ public class TestPersistenceJava {
             return null;
         });
 
-
         persistent.transaction((t) -> {
             List<Person> persons = t.findByIndex(
                     Person.class,